KompoZer Portable (formerly Nvu Portable)

web editing on the go

KompoZer Portable is an easy-to use web editor packaged with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind. KompoZer is an unofficial bug-fix release for Nvu that fixes many of the outstanding bugs in Nvu 1.0.

- Support PortableApps.com's development and hosting

KompoZer Portable automatically integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite™.

Features

Nvu is an easy-to-use web editor similar to Microsoft Frontpage or Dreamweaver. It is based on the same Gecko engine that powers Firefox and Thunderbird and features an FTP site manager, color picker, tabbed interface, CSS editing, standard-compliant markup, fully customizable interface, a built-in spellchecker and more. Learn more about NVU...

KompoZer is an unofficial bugfix release that fixes many of the outstanding bugs in Nvu 1.0. Learn more about KompoZer...

Support

For help getting up and running, visit Nvu Portable/KompoZer Portabe Support:

• Installing Nvu Portable
• Using Nvu Portable
• Upgrading Nvu Portable
• Copying your local Nvu settings to Nvu Portable
• Run from a CD (aka Nvu Portable Live)
• Known Issues
• Modifications
• Version History

You can also post a note in the Nvu Portable/KompoZer Portable Support Forum.

Download Details

• Publisher: PortableApps.com (John T. Haller) and the Nvu / Linspire team [and Kaze for KompoZer]
• Date updated: 2009-02-02
• System Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7, Wine on Linux/UNIX
• License: Free / Open Source (Launcher: GPL, Nvu: MPL)
• Source Code: Launcher (included), KompoZer Source, Nvu Source
• MD5 Hash (for the geeks): 3160c29a0eab0e4cd37436cd4a6e9e32
• Downloads: 2,434,000

Legacy Nvu Build

Download Nvu Portable 1.0 Rev 5 (no longer supported or recommended)

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Gerard Balagué (mai9) for the original code handling extension path rewriting in his FreeTheFox launcher and tracon for some of the original ideas with his fflaunch launcher. Thanks as well to FlashBanG and all the folks participating in the mozillaZine forum thread for their ideas, suggestions and support.